Wings of a Serf | Крылья холопа
This SovKino production was a major early experiment in Soviet historical film about the oprichnina period of Muscovite history, combining the costumed drama and Gothic thrills of the genre with historical materialist commentary on the dialectical collision of scientific progress and patriarchal religious tyranny under Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It follows a self-taught inventor from the serf class Nikishka, whose efforts to build a flying machine incite accusations of witchcraft. Nikishka and his beloved Fima are persecuted by the feudal lord Kurlyatev, who took their village in a petty land squabble. They’re rescued when Kurlyatev’s lands are taken by the Tsar in his autocratic campaign against the feudal system. Ivan puts Nikishka to work in his linen mill, where the young serf is coveted by Tsarina Maria Temryukovna, who the Tsar’s been ignoring in favor of his cupbearer Feodor. A series of harrowing intrigues wind a bloody dance through bedchamber, feast hall, cathedral and dungeon.
Description: This SovKino production was a major early experiment in Soviet historical film about the oprichnina period of Muscovite history, combining the costumed drama and Gothic thrills of the genre with historical materialist commentary on the dialectical collision of scientific progress and patriarchal religious tyranny under Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It follows a self-taught inventor from the serf class Nikishka, whose efforts to build a flying machine incite accusations of witchcraft. Nikishka and his beloved Fima are persecuted by the feudal lord Kurlyatev, who took their village in a petty land squabble. They’re rescued when Kurlyatev’s lands are taken by the Tsar in his autocratic campaign against the feudal system. Ivan puts Nikishka to work in his linen mill, where the young serf is coveted by Tsarina Maria Temryukovna, who the Tsar’s been ignoring in favor of his cupbearer Feodor. A series of harrowing intrigues wind a bloody dance through bedchamber, feast hall, cathedral and dungeon.
Genres: Drama, History
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 73 minutes
Son of a Rich
The Rich Slave
Gerou
Oppenheimer
The Silent Hour
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Substance
Nitram
Great Expectations
Crossing
Ivan Klyukvin
Played Nikishka
Leonid Leonidov
Played Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Safiyat Askarova
Played Maria Temriukovna
Vladimir Korsh
Played Tsarevich Ivan
Nikolai Prozorovsky
Played Feodor Basmanov
Sofya Garrel
Played Fima
Aleksandr Zhukov
Played Vaska Gryaznov
Lev Ivanov
Played Guard (uncredited)
Konstantin Efimov
Played Metropolitan
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